New song: Questions for the Angels
In relation to my p.m. news, I confirm that I easily got a new Simon song on iTunes for 1 buck today.

So no need to buy the compilation, unless you want to spend 20$ for a $1 song ´for free´.

The song is called ´Questions for the Angels´. The release date was today (thanks to the official site for letting us know :-()

It is qualified as ´single´ on iTunes, but I guess it is the sense of being a single tune alone rather than a song with any kind of hook.

It is spared. Mainly Simon on the guitar, with gorgeous back vocals from him, a few sonic effects. It is rather beautiful. It evolves around the travel of a pilgrim in NYC.

Well, LIHT, Amulet & QFTA...is this a trend for the next album ? Will there be something called an album ? Stay tuned.

from mog , 2009-07-01

Another Compilation
Yep ! They did it once again.

Two years after The Essential, Paul comes back in Starbucks Stores with an exclusive compilation.

http://www.starbucksstore.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=228331

The tracklist is kind of strange...

This time, they use the following trick to get our money: they promise a free new track through iTunes. It is something called ´Questions for (or from) the angels´.

from mog , 2009-06-30

Paul Simon appears at Heart and Soul Gala
Norwalk Hospital announces Paul Simon to appear at Heart and Soul Gala

This year´s Heart & Soul Gala of the Norwalk Hospital Foundation will feature a special acoustic performance by Paul Simon. The Heart & Soul Gala will be held on Saturday evening, October 3, 2009 on the Norwalk Hospital campus. Proceeds will benefit patient care initiatives at the Hospital.


´As a not-for-profit community hospital serving southwestern Connecticut, we have relied on the philanthropic support of our community to provide the high quality and patient centered care that our area residents deserve,´ Mrs. Franco added. ´We are so grateful and so excited about this year´s event because of Paul Simon´s special performance!´

For more information about the 2009 Heart and Soul Gala, call the Norwalk Hospital Foundation at (203) 852-2959 or www.NorwalkHospitalFoundation.org.

from Bodo , 2009-06-27

Benefit Auction Paul Simon item
GRAMMY Charity Rolling Stone Online Auction

Bid on an amazing vintage Paul Simon signed and elegantly framed Rolling Stone Magazine. This autographed item is now available in the June Rolling Stone Auction benefiting MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation. Auction runs now through July 2nd.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360163540919

from Ans. , 2009-06-24

New song ´Amulet´ released
“Tide” is the new released Luciana Souza album (May 26, 2009)it includes on track 10 the song “Amulet” written by Paul Simon. It is the first studio recording of this new Simon song, however it is the same version she did with Paul in the Beacon Show, it has no lyrics. The album is available for sale at Amazon and iTunes.

from Ans. , 2009-06-22

poets back walcott
Irish Times 13th June 2009
Poets back Walcott

Seamus Heaney, Bernard O’Donoghue, Al Alvarez and Jon Stallworthy are among the poets who nominated Derek Walcott (above) as Oxford professor of poetry who have written to him to express their “dismay and disgust at the cowardly smear campaign” against his candidacy. The Nobel prize-winning Walcott withdrew from the race following an anonymous letter campaign in which Oxford academics were sent photocopied pages from a book detailing a sexual harassment claim against him by a Harvard student in 1982. The 19 signatories of the letter to Walcott said they had little doubt that their colleague Ursula Fanthorpe would have been as anxious to sign their letter as she was to sign his nomination form had she not died on April 28th.

In their letter, published in full in the Times Literary Supplement (issue 5540), the poets said they considered the campaign against Walcott to have dishonoured their calling. “We affirm our undiminished admiration for all that you have done – and continue to do – for poetry and drama.”

from scaaty , 2009-06-14

Simon on Centerstage video - download
I finally got the Centerstage show, where Paul appearead a few weeks ago.
I uploaded the video (280MB divx) now for you, just download it here.
www.paul-simon.info/center.avi (this will take some time!)

Also I took the time and cut out all advertisements. And they have a lot of advertisement on US-TV ;-)

from Bodo , 2009-06-08

No more S&G album again
Well, that is supposed to be revealed by S&G themselves tomorrow in an article from ´The Australian´.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25589545-5013575,00.html

Looks interesting !

from mog , 2009-06-05

Paul Simon on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

According to Paul Simon´s official website Paul will be appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 2, 2009. Also his buddy Steve Martin will be there.

http://paulsimon.com/news

http://www.nbc.com/Schedule/

from Ans , 2009-05-27

Extra Show for New Zealand
After the original date in Aukland sold out in just 17 minutes, Simon and Garfunkel have added an extra date on Sunday 14th June at the Vector Arena:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10572028

from Matthew , 2009-05-13

Simon and Garfunkel: 3rd show announced for Sydney.
Ticketek has just announced a third show for Sydney on this belated leg of the Old Friends Tour. All 3 shows will take place at Acer Arena.

from Ian , 2009-05-12

LMB perform at Pete Seeger´s 90th
http://newyork.decider.com/events/clearwater-concert-pete-seegers-90th-birthday-cele,65474/

from Scaaty , 2009-05-02

Japan Tour Dates Announced
Many Japanese Newspapers have announced S&G Tour Dates.

All 5 concerts during 8th July to 18th July.

07/08: Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Aichi
07/10: Tokyo Dome
07/11: Tokyo Dome
07/13: Gyosera Dome, Osaka
07/18: Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Hope this helps.

from AdrianSuh , 2009-04-08

Paul Simon & Willie Nelson perform at CHF
This year Paul Simon will perform together with Willie Nelson at the CHF Annual Benefit on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in NYC, NY.

http://chf.childrenshealthfund.org/site/PageServer?pagename=getinvolved_gala

from Ans , 2009-04-04

Australian/NZ Tour Dates Announced
Simon and Garfunkel Australian and New Zealand tour dates have just been confirmed.

They tour will include the following cities.

Auckland: New Zealand, June 13
Brisbane: Entertainment Centre June 17
Sydney: Acer Arena June 20&21
Melbourne: Rod Laver Arena June 25&26
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre June 30
Perth: Burswood Dome July 2nd.


Tickets go on sale to the general public via Ticketek on April 17th, but a special Visa Entertainment pre-sale starts at 12 noon local time on Monday 6th of April.

For more information go to
www.ticketek.com.au or
www.visaentertainment.com.au

No more concerts in Japan or Southeast Asia have been add, some papers only talk about 8 shows.

from Ian , 2009-04-02

WFUV Sound & Vision Award for Paul Simon
Paul Simon will receive the WFUV Sound & Vision Award and will perform at WFUV 90.7-FM’S Spring Gala on Wednesday, May 6 at the Puck Building in NYC. At the same event there will be 2 other awards for Dick Enberg and Jim Lehrer.

Dick Enberg, the distinguished sports play-by-play broadcaster, will receive the second Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio (90.7 fm, National Public Radio from Fordham University) at its second annual Spring Gala at the Puck Building in New York City on Wednesday, May 6.

Renowned PBS Television newscaster Jim Lehrer will receive the Charles Osgood Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism, and music icon Paul Simon will be cited with the WFUV Sound & Vision Award. As a special bonus, Simon will also perform for the anticipated 400 attendees. The honorees were nominated by many of their well-known colleagues in their respective fields.

The entire article can be read here, scroll about half way down.

http://www.fangsbites.com/2009/03/tuesdays-press-release-action_24.html

from Ans , 2009-04-01

Tornonto: Cabaret with PS songs
Acting Up Stage Theatre Company presents the The Sound of Silence running one night only on Monday, April 20th, 2009 at the Bathurst Street Theatre in Toronto.

After the success of 2007’s With A Little Help From My Friends which saw musical theatre artists reinterpreting the music of The Beatles, Acting Up Stage again blurs the lines of rock, cabaret and musical theatre. In The Sound of Silence, ten astonishing artists pay tribute to one of the world’s greatest songwriters – Paul Simon. Classic songs such as You Can Call Me Al, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Cecelia, The Boxer, and Bridge Over Troubled Water will be re-envisioned and performed by some of Canada´s greatest musical storytellers. Musical theatre fans will love the chance to see their favourite artists performing these “undiscovered showtunes” and rock fans will be blown away by the re-examination of this legendary music.

The Sound of Silence features performances by:

Thom Allison (Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Dora nominee for Acting Up Stage’s Elegies: A Song Cycle),
Sara Farb (Mirvish’s Jane Eyre, Acting Up Stage’s Edges),
Steven Gallagher (CanStage, Acting Up Stage’s A New Brain),
Susan Henley (Hairspray, Acting Up Stage’s A Man of No Importance),
Andrew Kushnir (CanStage’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hair),
Amanda LeBlanc (Citadel Theatre’s Pride and Prejudice),
Jeff Madden (Toronto’s Jersey Boys, Shaw Festival),,
Eliza-Jane Scott (Toronto’s The Producers, Dora nominee for Acting Up Stage’s Elegies: A Song Cycle),
Michael Therriault (Broadway’s Fiddler On The Roof, Toronto & London’s The Lord of The Rings, Dora-award winner), and
Blythe Wilson (The Sound of Music, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival).


Reza Jacobs (Pleiades Shakuntala, Acting Up Stage’s A Man of No Importance) music directs, orchestrates and arranges.

Acting Up Stage Theatre Company is a theatre company in Toronto, dedicated to producing contemporary, thought-provoking musical theatre in intimate and acoustic productions. The company recently produced A New Brain as well as the Dora nominated productions of Elegies: A Song Cycle and A Man of No Importance, and premieres of john & jen, Edges and tick, tick…BOOM!.


RUNS:
Monday, April 20, 2009

SCHEDULE:
8 p.m.

TICKETS:
$25 to $40

LOCATION:
Bathurst Street Theatre – 736 Bathurst Street

BOX OFFICE:
www.actingupstage.com

from Bodo , 2009-04-01

Tickets: Bob Costa Benefit
Tickets for the 21st Annual Bob Costas Benefit with Paul Simon at 8 p.m. April 18 at the Fox Theatre, previously only available through Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, will be sold through MetroTix as well.

MetroTix sales begin at 5 p.m. April 10.

Tickets are $25, $35, $50, $75, and $100, available then at MetroTix outlets, www.metrotix.com, 314-534-1111, as well as at 314-577-5605.

Comedian Robert Klein is also on the bill.

from Bodo , 2009-03-30

DVD release: Gershwin prize show
Paul Simon was the first person ever receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in the year 2007.
This show was filmed in high definition and was partial aired a few times on cable networks. Now in May 2009 a DVD with the complete show will be released.
The first release date is only for Region 1 (USA & CAnada), and you can pre-order the DVD on amazon for 14,99 USD.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001V732VU?tag=paulsimothene-20

But we all are hopefull that the DVD will be released in other regions too.

The following songs are included, all in 5.1 surround sound. (attention, some songs are clips from concerts in the past!)

Performances:
Introduction - Bob Costas
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Lyle Lovett
The Boxer - Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin and Jerry Douglas
Mother And Child Reunion - Stephen Marley
Under African Skies - Miriam Makeba and Paul Simon
clip from Paul Simon Graceland: The African Concert (Zimbabwe, 1987)
Homeless - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Mrs. Robinson - Paul Simon
clip from Yankee Stadium tribute to Joe DiMaggio (April 25, 1999)
Slip Slidin´ Away - James Taylor and the Dixie Hummingbirds
Sunday Morning With The Sensational Nightingales (poem) - Billy Collins and the Dixie Hummingbirds
That Was Your Mother - Buckwheat Zydeco and Lyle Lovett
Homeward Bound - Paul Simon and George Harrison clip from Saturday Night Live (November 20, 1976)
Still Crazy After All These Years - James Taylor
El Condor Pasa - Marc Anthony
Late In The Evening - Marc Anthony
Gone At Last - Yolanda Adams and Jessy Dixon
Something So Right - Dianne Reeves
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin´ Groovy) -The Muppets (Grover and Elmo)
Graceland - Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Bridge Over Troubled Water -Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
Father And Daughter -Paul Simon
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder
Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder with the Dixie Hummingbirds
Sounds Of Silence - Philip Glass

from Bodo , 2009-03-29

Paul on CenterStage last Friday
Last Friday, March 27, 2009 Paul appeared at CenterStage, a show presented by GMC Truck Presents. The show focuses on superstars of sports and entertainment as they appear on stage in front of a studio audience to talk with Michael Kay about their lives as major sports and entertainment figures. An original edition of YES Network´s GMC Truck Presents CenterStage debuts each month. The show is a one-hour sit-down with A-List guests


Barbara (aka Kapeman) had the luck to be in the audience and forwarded this news message:

The interview lasted 2 hours, will likely be edited down and will air in a couple of weeks. Much of the interview was going over history we are very familiar with. Paul did speak a lot about Artie, and how they work on dealing with their conflicts. The show concludes with a segment called Hit and Run where the person interviewed is supposed to say first thing that comes to mind. Paul was asked favorite film- Godfather. Favorite actor- Robert de Niro. Favorite midnight snack- something sweet. Who would you want in a foxhole? He wouldn´t put himself in the position of needing that.


http://web.yesnetwork.com/schedule/programs/show.jsp?id=centerstage

from Bodo , 2009-03-29

One-Trick Pony now on DVD
At long last, One Trick Pony has now been released on DVD in the US!

http://www.wbshop.com/One-Trick-Pony-+EST-MOD/1000088058,default,pd.html
Studio: Warner Bros. Screen Aspect: 16 X 9 FULL FRAME

Synopsis: Jonah Levin knows what it´s like to sit atop the world of pop music. But chart-topping hits (as well as enduring marriages) are harder to come by and nothing he ever knew could prepare him for the skid to the bottom. Playing Jonah, the enduringly talented Paul Simon knows the musical terrain but scores in acting and screenwriting areas as well in this sometimes funny, always probing look at the intriguing starmaking machinery of the recording industry. Blair Brown, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett and Lou Reed also score among the movie?s performances. Among the 10 soundtrack Simon songs are Ace in the Hole, Late in the Evening, the title tune and That´s Why God Made the Movies. Offering a showcase to a master musician like Simon is another divine reason to carry this cinematic tune.


There is even a trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGODIzwGqok&feature=channel_page

from Matthew , 2009-03-25

Pauls health care initiative
Capitol Hill. Paul speaks about the Childrens health insurance and ask all senators not to forget about the children of the poor, which suffer the most in this time of the financial crisis.

Watch the video:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7061637

BTW:
The color of mud seems to be gone now.

from Bodo , 2009-03-13

Paul to appear on next Ziggy Marley album
Ziggy Marley will release his third solo album, Family Time, on May 5. The album will feature a variety of family and friends including Rita Marley (Ziggy's mother), Cedella Marley (sister), Judah Marley (daughter), Paul Simon, Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Toots Hibberts, Elizabeth Mitchell, Laurie Berkner, Paula Fuga and two stories narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. This record represents my daily family life and is inspired by my three-year-old daughter Judah and baby Gideon. It was a joy to make and opened up new avenues in my creativity. Family Time is for all families and especially the world family." http://www.ziggymarley.com/ Note: Maybe even some (unnamed) members of Pauls talented family will appear on that record? We will see...

from mog , 2009-02-28

Paul Simon at Stevie Wonder Tribute
According to PBS Paul Simon will take part at the White House Tribute for Stevie Wonder this Wednesday.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/02/orlandos-wayne-brady-to-take-part-in-white-house-tribute-to-stevie-wonder-tony-bennett-paul-simon-di.html

from Ans , 2009-02-24

Paul: Possible Asian S&G tour
Paul Simon confirms in a short interview the possibility of a Simon and Garfunkel tour trough Australia, Japan and New Zealand. In this interview he also said he is sure that this will be their last tour. They promised to do Australia and Japan in 2004, but could not get around. So this is your last chance to see Simon and Garfunkel down-under.

See this short interview here:
http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3637218

Fans in Australia and Southeast Asia can be happy, because they are short on Paul Simon and S&G concert. The last time Paul played there was in 1991 at his Born at the right time tour, the last time S&G played in Japan was in 1993, and the last time the duo played in Australia was 26 years ago! So if you are a 1000% percent S&G fan you should take this last chance, plan your holidays in Australia, New Zealand or Japan to see them - even if you live 20.000 miles away.

from Bodo , 2009-02-23

Paul Simon + Daniel J. Levitin
The Rubin Museum of Art has volunteered to act as tour guide for our unknowable inner world by organizing Brainwave, a festival devoted to the way we think.

Paul Simon brings his guitar in for an exchange with the neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin about how our minds process music (March 4);


Music on the Brain
Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m.

Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Paul Simon has a conversation with Daniel J. Levitin, the neuroscientist credited with fundamentally changing the way that scientists think about auditory memory. $25


http://www.rmanyc.org/programs-events/brainwave.xml?context=programs-events/brainwave.xml


- Note: I guess Paul will not play or sing at this event, but I could be wrong. It is listed under TALKS on the RMA homepage.

from Bodo , 2009-02-21

Art Garfunkel talks about a S&G tour


Five days after making a surprise appearance at a Paul Simon concert in New York where the pair performed three songs, Art Garfunkel said in a recent interview: “Our plan to work together is coming together but it doesn’t go through England this time,”
Garfunkel, 67, would not confirm if the tour would be in the US.

Personal mark:
Before people go nuts, I just want to inform you that Art Garfunkel said this or other sentences like that for several times in different newspapers in the last years - and nothing happened then. Read the sentence Art Garfunkel said carefully.

http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/1/hi/entertainment/7897434.stm

from homo.creativus , 2009-02-19

Amulet on Masterworks for Marimba vol. 1
Paul Simon wrote the new song Amulet for ZMF New Music for Marimba. Paul is one of the 16 composers who accepted the ZMF New Music Commission. The new song Amulet will be included at the Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba vol. 1. Although the music is finished the lyrics remain to be written.

ZMF New Music is an initiative to generate 24 intermediate level marimba solos via a Commissioning Project, and Composition Contest. All 24 pieces will be published in two volumes called Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba, and recorded on CD. This project is sponsored by Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc.

A lot of information about this project can be found on the site of ZMF New Music for Marimba.

http://newmusic.zmf.us/index.cfm

from Ans , 2009-02-17

Ticketmaster scam Ticketsnow warning!
Warning! Do not buy any tickets from ticketsnow - a site advertised on ticketsmaster.com !

I received an email from a fan today, and I think I need to warn everyone now. She was very upset about the ticketmaster sales, and how she bought tickets way too expensive from the ticketmaster.com site. She paid $198 for a $79 ticket - and it seems as if this is the same company: Ticketmaster and Ticketsnow.

I will show you a picture of the ticketmaster site. Someone else recently tried to find Robin Williams tickets via ticketmaster, and got the message that no tickets are available - but hey, we have some from our partner company ticketsnow.

Click on the picture to enlarge

But it even get´s worse. I have read that other people which bought there tickets on the official ticketmaster.com site via ticketsnow could not get into the show. At the box office the people got told that these tickets seem to be bought from a scalper, and the venue will not honor these tickets!!

Read more:
http://alanhessphotography.com/blog/archives/702


It is unbelievable what is going on there in the USA. In my opinion this should reported to the artists too, and they should start doing something. I repeat: I can not understand how a company is allowed to earn 3 times as much on a ticket as the artist himself! And it seems as if ticketmaster is the ONLY company selling tickets for all events in the USA. Strange! Free market or communism?

If you talk to Paul Simon or one of his musicians in the future, maybe you can report that.

from Bodo , 2009-02-13

Ethel Holloway passed away yesterday
Ethel Holloway was one of the 3 background singers from the Jessy Dixon Singers, she passed away on January 26 2009 in Chicago IL.

The Jessy Dixon have worked together with Paul Simon for many years, starting in the year 1972 when Paul saw them for the first time in a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. From that time on Jessy toured with Paul for 8 years, and the sang on 2 albums with him (Still Crazy after all these years, Live Rhymin)

A very good story about their partnership can be found here:
http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11535125/

The Jessy Dixon singers and Paul later appeared together occasionally on stage and sang the well known hit ´Loves me like a rock´ or ´Gone at last´. They also made a special appearance on Paul's NBC special in 1978. On Pauls latest album ´Surprise´ they worked together in studio again for the last time on the lovely track ´Wartime prayers´


See Ethel Harroway singin ´I´m yours lord´ - RIP



Thanks to Queenie, the daughter of Aldrea Lenox, who informed us about this death. Aldrea Lenox too sang with Paul in the Jessy Dixon singers band.

from Bodo , 2009-01-28

Rev Claude Jeter has died
On January 11th 2009 Gospel singer Reverend Claude Jeter died, aged 94.

Jeter´s work was the inspiration for Bridge Over Troubled Water and he duetted with Paul Simon on Take Me To The Mardi Gras, singing the famous falsetto part.

http://www.afro.com/tabid/456/itemid/2614/Gospel-Singer-Claude-Jeter-Dies.aspx

from matthew , 2009-01-15

Concert at the Beacon Theater
Paul will perform for 2 nights at the Beacon Theatre in New York - Dates are February 13 and 14. This information comes from Bakithi Kumalos website, the bass player in Pauls band. These are 2 special shows to celebrate the re-opening of the Beacon Theater after renovation.

Tickets to these celebrated performances will go on-sale starting at 9 AM on January 25,and will range from 80-265 USD

from Bodo , 2009-01-13

First concert date 2009
At Paul´s official site the first concert date for 2009 is mentioned, I think it´s for the Bob Costas Benefit.


St. Louis MO
18 Apr 2009
Doors open: 8:00pm
Fox Theatre
527 N Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO, 63103
United States

You can order your tickets online at this link:
www2.glennon.org/bobcostas/tickets.asp?


http://paulsimon.com/paul-simon-tour-stop-2009-04-18

from Ans , 2008-12-29

Paul joins Berklee´s board of trustees
Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees chair Jeff Shames has announced the appointment of singer Paul Simon, director Christopher Guest, and Marc Willis, president and CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, to the Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees.


Simon has a full-ride Berklee Presidential Scholarship as well as a Berkleemusic.com Celebrity Online Scholarship in his name. At its 1986 commencement, Berklee presented Simon with an honorary doctor of music degree.

The Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees is comprised of 35 members including Ernie Boch, Jr. (CEO and President of Boch Automotive Enterprises, Alumnus), Michael W. Dreese (CEO of Newbury Comics, Inc.), Phil Ramone (Record Producer/Composer), and Bill Whelan (Composer, Riverdance).

http://www.berklee.edu/news/312/paul-simon-christopher-guest-and-marc-willis-joi

from Bodo , 2008-12-24

Another one on 1 Paul Simon related
An interesting video interview with Dr. Redlener about The Children Health Fund which also includes archive material of Paul Simon.

http://www.ny1.com/content/features/89598/one-on-1--dr--irwin-redlener-helps-heal-the-city-s-health-care/Default.aspx

from Ans , 2008-11-25

One on One
Paul Simon´s interview with Barnes and Nobel is now online. He performs two beautiful songs in this interview and describes in detail, his song writing process.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/oneonone/

from Danny C , 2008-11-18

Paul Simon on Colbert Report
Paul Simon will be a guest on the Colbert Report on Comedy Central on Tuesday November 18th.

http://www.paulsimon.com/paul-simon-tour-stop-2008-11-18

http://www.colbertnation.com/home

from Danny C , 2008-11-14

Mysterious Mrs. Robinson
I was so free to glue together all the pieces I could find from the short October 8 concert at the Town Hall in New York. Paul played 4 fabulous songs, only companied by Mark Stewart. Also including the new version of Mrs. Robinson with the Mystery Train intro. So you hear this song now as a guitar duet without a backing band.

I have found 3 videos on the web - thanks to Paul Fournier btw - and all 3 videos having recorded different parts of the song. So you might hear some changes in the sound, and I guess somewhere a few lines are lost (tell me if you find the position ;-)

Here is the song:
Mysterious Mrs. Robinson

from Bodo , 2008-11-04

American tune for Obama


It has been said that Paul gave his song American Tune to the Obama campaign for
use in an effective advertisement.

from Bodo , 2008-11-04

Live in Paris 2000 as CD/DVD set
Sight and sound will release the You´re the one live DVD concert from Paris 2000 within their classic performance line as a DVD+CD set again. So now everyone has the chance to hear these great live songs on their CD player. Although the most fans will not be very happy with the result, because the CD has been cut by a few songs down to 21 tracks. They did not include 2 CD´s for the ~125 minute show, they use only 1 CD and had to left out a few songs. Please watch out carefully - most online shops (including amazon) list a 26 track CD, which is wrong. The real list can be found on the back cover.

In the year 2000 it maybe was a big marketing failure of his management to release this concert only as a film material. They could have thought that it is more complicated to copy a full DVD, than to share the small mp3´s from a live CD, - and so sales would be higher. But now the circle closes an we get everything.

Here is a link to all amazon shops where you can order the CD.
Amazon: You´re the one DVD and CD set


Track list:
DVD - same tracklist as the Live in Paris DVD 2000 with 26 songs


CD - 21 Tracks.
´Graceland´
´Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes´
´You Can Call Me Al´
´50 Ways To Leave Your Lover´
´Bridge Over Troubled Water´
´Still Crazy After All These Years´
´Darling Lorraine´
´The Coast´
´Kodachrome´
´The Boy In The Bubble´
´American Tune´
´The Boxer´
´Late In The Evening´
´Hurricane Eyes´
´Old´
´That Was Your Mother´
´I Am A Rock´
´You´re The One´
´Me & Julio Down By The School Yard´
´Homeward Bound´
´The Teacher´

from Bodo , 2008-11-01

Meet Simon in New York
On Thursday, November 13, at 7pm, you can meet Paul Simon at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhatten.

Paul will discuss his work in conversation with journalist Katherine Lanpher, who hosts the program. Admission is free, and no tickets are required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Paul´s latest book:
Lyrics 1964-2008

from Bodo , 2008-10-30

New Book out on Nov, 11th


The new book ´Lyrics 1964-2008´ released by Paul Simon himself will be available at Simon & Schuster November 11, 2008. It will also be available as ebook.


http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=627997&er=9781416586920

from Ans , 2008-10-21

Paul Simon joins benefit NYC
Paul Simon and Department Of Eagles are set to perform at a fundraiser in New York City next month in order to raise money for 826NYC.

http://www.nme.com/news/paul-simon/39892

from Ans , 2008-09-23

New song: Love in hard times
This summer Paul Simon gave a special gift to us when he played a new and unreleased composition at some shows of his European tour. It is rare these days that he writes a new song, Paul said before he played this wonderful guitar composition to the fans in Montreux, Switzerland. Thanks to Richard I can offer the download of the live recording of ´Love and hard times´.

Download : Love in hard times


Lyrics transcribed by Joey.

Love In Hard Times
By Paul Simon

God and his only son
Paid a courtesy call on Earth one Sunday morning
Orange blossoms opened their fragrant lips
Songbirds sang from the tips of cotton roots
Old folks wept
For his love in these hard times

´Well, better be going,´
Said the the restless lord to his son
´There are galaxies yet to be born
Creation is never done
Anyway these people are slobs here
If we stay it´s bound to be a mob scene´
Disappeared
And it´s just like love in hard times

I loved her the first time I saw her
I know that´s an old songwriting cliché
I loved her the first time I saw her
Can´t describe it any other way
Any other way

The light of her beauty is warm as a summer day
Clouds of antelopes roll by
No hint of rain
Pale blue sky
Just love, love, love, love, love

But the rains came
The tears burned
The windows rattled
The locks turned
It’s easy to be generous when you’re owed
It´s hard to be grateful
When you´re out of control

And love is gone

The light at the edge of the curtain was the quiet dove
The bedroom weaves in clicks and clacks
My heart and my mind will never last
When your hand takes mine
Thank god I found you tonight
Thank god I found you tonight
Thank god I found you

from Bodo , 2008-09-07

Watch the video: Live in Crotone -
Hello everybody!
There is a free video of Simon performance. Paul was no great! You can see the backstage. Paul with a little fan. Paul is a myth. Crotone in southrn Italy loved him so much. Look at the viedo: http://www.videocrotone.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=610&Itemid=2

from melograna , 2008-08-02

Paul Simon sues Japanese clockmaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. singer and songwriter Paul Simon sued a Japanese clockmaker for $5 million (2.5 million pounds) for copyright infringement on Friday for claiming the company used one of his songs as a composition on their clocks.

Simon´s lawyers accused clock company Rhythm Watch Co Ltd, and its U.S. subsidiary Rhythm USA of using Simon´s song ´Bridge Over Troubled Water´ on 40,000 of its clocks in the last three years without his permission.

The lawsuit called the song ´one of the best known songs throughout the world in popular music´ and cited Rhythm´s ´Grand Nostalgia Clock´ as one that plays Simon´s song without permission as well as other popular songs including ´My Way.´

´Bridge Over Troubled Water´ was the title song of Simon and Art Garfunkel´s final album together, released in 1970.

Rhythm was established in Tokyo in 1950 and has its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. It manufactures, distributes and sells clocks in Japan, the United States, India and Hong Kong, the lawsuit said.

A license fee for using the song would have cost more than $1 million and the lawsuit estimated Rhythm had profited more than $5 million from the sale of clocks that use the song.

(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Michelle Nichols and Todd Eastham)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN1846412620080718

from Micky , 2008-07-18

We Are Together
The documentary from The Agape Children Choir ´We Are Together´ with cameo appearances by Paul Simon and Alicia Keys will probably be released on DVD on August 4. This is mentioned in an article of their performance in Hyde Park for Nelson Mandela.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4206197.ece

More information about the documentary:

http://wearetogether.org/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/01/sm_documentary01.xml

from Ans , 2008-07-07

line-up
Here is the Line-up for North Sea Jazz on july 12 (due to their website):

Paul Simon (vocals); Andy Snitzer (sax, keyboards); Tony Cedras (keyboards, guitar, trumpet, accordion); Mark Stewart (guitar); Bakithi Kumalo (bass); Charley Drayton (drums); Jamey Haddad (percussion).

from Elvie , 2008-06-30

Third Season SNL
The third Boxset from SNL 1977/1978 is now available. With the sketch from Cahrles Grodin/Paul Simon ´The Sound Of Silence´ Paul also performs ´Slip Slidin´Away´ and ´You´re Kind´.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/1977.phtml

from Ans , 2008-06-06

CHF's 2008 Gala
This year the CHF Annual Gala will be held June 12 with Paul as host and performer.

www.childrenshealthfund.org

from Ans , 2008-05-13

Paul Simon To Play Washington DC
Saturday, September 6, 2008 - tickets available through AARP:
http://www.aarp.org/aarp_benefits/natl_events/dc/entertainment/

http://www.aarp.org/aarp_benefits/natl_events/dc/entertainment/paulsimon.html

Paul Simon is one of the most distinguished songwriters and performers of our time. Of his 12 Grammy Awards, three (´Bridge Over Troubled Water,´ ´Still Crazy After All These Years´ and ´Graceland´) were for albums of the year. In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock n´ Roll Hall of Fame, both as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist. The American Film Institute included his song, ´Mrs. Robinson´ from The Graduate, in the top 10 of its ´100 Years 100 Songs.´

The concert appearances he is most fond of were the two concerts in Central Park in New York (with his partner and childhood friend Art Garfunkel in 1981, and as a solo artist in 1991) and the series of shows he performed at the invitation of Nelson Mandela, making him the first American artist to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.

His philanthropic work includes co-founding the Children´s Health Fund, which donates and staffs mobile medical vans that bring health care to poor and indigent children in urban and rural America. Simon has also raised millions of dollars for varied causes that include AMFAR, the Nature Conservancy and Autism Speaks.

Simon has been honored with the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2007), the Kennedy Center Honors (2003) and the United Negro College Fund´s Frederick D. Patterson Award (1989).

from Jocke , 2008-05-08

4/26 Tribute Concert - Philly area
This Saturday, 4/26 @ 7pm, The PROVIDENCE School of Music is very proud to present A Celebration of the Music of PAUL SIMON!
Located in downtown Collegeville, PA (35 minutes outside Philadelphia), the music school and cafe will host an all-star tribute performance spanning all eras of Simon´s career.
Featuring the soaring vocal talents of Broadway performer Lori Ann Strunk (Aida, Grease, Hair), and the exciting world rhythms and wonderful voice of Larry Connelly.
This will be a tremendous show which you won´t soon forget! Come out and celebrate the genius and soul of one of the world´s greatest singer songwriters!
This event is BYOB. And admission is only $5!!! Visit our website www.providenceschoolofmusic.com or call us directly 610-489-8585 for more details!
My name is Ryan. I am a huge Paul Simon fan and the director of the school and this event. This is a show that has been a long time in the making and I felt it was appropriate to run it simultaneously with the BAM shows (which I´ve seen all of!! Amazing!!) Want to say Hi to everyone, looking forward to meeting/hearing/seeing you all soon!!

from olah , 2008-04-21

New Documentary featuring Simon
This seems quite interesting. Posted by Kapeman on AMPS.

http://www.talkingguitars.nl/index.htm

from mog , 2008-04-15

Concerts Cologne 7/14 Brussels 15
See official site

from Klausi , 2008-04-14

Paris concert on july 11.
Due to the site www.palaisdessports.com
Paul gives a concert on july 11.

from Elvie , 2008-04-09

Paul Simon in Austria
Paul Simon gives a Concert in Austria on the 23rd of July.
www.kurier.at/nachrichten/burgenland/146499.php

from matthias , 2008-04-07

PS BAM May 5 -Conversation w Glass
website of Brooklyn Academy of Music www.bam.org Look under Paul Simon and he is appearing with Philip Glass in conversation.

from barb , 2008-04-05

Paul Simon Headlines Festival
Paul Simon has been booked to headline a major music festival - Cornbury Music Fesitval - on Saturday 5th July 2008.

More details here: http://www.cornburyfestival.com/index.php

from Matthew , 2008-04-03

Paul Simon to play Liverpool Pops
One of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time, PAUL SIMON will be returning to the Summer Pops on Sunday 6th July.

Simon is revered now as he ever was, over 40 years into a career which has spawned such timeless classics as ´Bridge Over Troubled Waters´, ´Homeward Bound´, ´Mrs Robinson´, ´50 Way to leave Your Lover´ and dozens of other hits, along with albums as unique and important as ´Still Crazy After All These Years´ and ´Graceland´ to name but two. Legend is not overstating it.

Speaking about his 2002 Pops appearance, Simon said: ´Liverpool was the very best concert on my European tour and the audience were also the best. I really enjoyed the show. What an audience, the reaction was really fabulous. I can’t wait to come back.´

Famously, the north west of England inspired him to pen one of his greatest hits.

In 1965, Paul Simon had been touring around the north west, appearing at clubs from Birkenhead to Widnes. Widnes railway station, has become the stuff of music legend, thanks to a home and lovesick Simon. It was here, that he had the inspiration for the song ´Homeward Bound´, Simon and Garfunkel’s first UK hit. It was whilst waiting for the milk train at Widnes Station, after a local folk club gig, he yearned to be back in London, in the arms of his beloved Kathy.

During his distinguished career Simon has been the recipient of many honours and awards including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which (´Bridge Over Troubled Water´, ´Still Crazy After All These Years´ and ´Graceland´) were albums of the year.

In 2003 he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel. He is an inductee of The Songwriters Hall of Fame and is in the Rock n´ Roll Hall of Fame both as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist.

http://www.accliverpool.co.uk/whatson/paulsimon.asp

from matthew , 2008-04-02

Review of Yesterday's show
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/04/02/2008-04-02_paul_simon_restages_songs_at_bam_from_hi.html

from mog , 2008-04-02

PAul Simon In Ireland 2008
http://famemagazine.co.uk/2008/03/28/comedian-tommy-tiernan-happy-to-accommodate-paul-simons-return-to-ireland/
tiernan-simon1.jpg

from Scaaty , 2008-03-28

Jazz trio plays the music of Paul
The San Francisco BayArea piano-bass-drums ensemble, Trio, has just released its debut cd, America: Trip plays the music of Paul Simon. The 10 tracks are instrumental jazz arrangements of Mr Simon´s pieces.



Available trough amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0013Z1EX8/ref=nosim/paulsimothene-20


Listen to audio samples on their page
http://www.dennyberthiaume.com/audio.html


Track Listing
1. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
2. The Sound of Silence
3. April Come She Will
4. Time is an Ocean
5. Scarborough Fair
6. Still Crazy After All These Years
7. America
8. I Do It For Your Love
9. Mrs. Robinson
10. Bridge Over Troubled Waters

from Bodo , 2008-03-24

92nd Street Y
Paul´s appearance to discuss the art of lyric-writing with host Billy Collins.

http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T%2DTP5MS08

from Ans , 2008-02-15

Release of Live 1969
Starbucks Brews Up Simon & Garfunkel Live CD.

The Simon & Garfunkel live album originally due last September via Columbia/Legacy has been revived as a Starbucks exclusive, beginning March 11. A release to traditional retail is expected in the fall.

Here is the track list for "Live 1969":

"Homeward Bound" (11/15/69, Long Beach, Calif.)
"At the Zoo" (11/27/69, New York)
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (11/8/69, Carbondale, Ill.)
"Song for the Asking" (11/15/69, Long Beach, Calif.)
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (11/28/69, New York)
"Mrs. Robinson" (11/8/69, Carbondale, Ill.)
"The Boxer" (11/15/69, Long Beach, Calif.)
"Why Don't You Write Me" (11/15/69, Long Beach, Calif.)
"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (11/8/69, Carbondale, Ill.)
"That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (11/15/69, Long Beach, Calif.)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (11/28/69, New York)
"The Sound of Silence" (11/8/69, Carbondale, Ill.)
"I Am a Rock" (11/8/69, Carbondale, Ill.)
"Old Friends/Bookends Theme" (11/1/69, Toledo, Ohio)
"Leaves That Are Green" (11/31/69, Detroit)
"Kathy's Song" (date unknown, St. Louis)

from Bodo , 2008-01-30

The Music of Paul Simon
The music and lyrics of Paul Simon will be celebrated by the Brooklyn Academy of Music with three programs in April.


http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/CorporateNews/en/15219052/BAM+presents+Love+in+Hard+Times+The+Music+of+Paul+Simon

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/arts/29arts-PAULSIMONINB_BRF.html?_r=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

from Ans , 2008-01-29

Upcoming concerts: Feb 28, March 3
It is only a very small note between a lot of text and pictures on Bakithi Kumalos website.

´Thursday, February 28-Monday, March 3, 2008
Paul Simon Dates´

No more dates, no city, country or arena. Might be some special event and not a tour.

from Bodo , 2008-01-26

Paul Simon Tours?
According to the Steve Gadd Site www.drstevegadd.com in the ´upcoming Steve Gadd events´ Steve mentioned: ´Paul Simon Tours´.
Does anyone have more info?

regards, Lourens

from Elvie , 2008-01-11

Interview Paul with Dalai Lama
At the site http://thecommunity.com/ is some information about a series of interviews including Paul Simon scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008. At the left colomn `What´s so hard about Peace` is a hyperlink `a series of interviews for television` with more information.

from Ans , 2007-12-16

SNL Secon Season
The complete second season 1976-1977 of SNL is for sale. At the site of thesoundofsimon.tk you can view the pictures of Paul´s appearance on SNL november 20, 1976, see noticias. At the site http://snltranscripts.jt.org/ are the transcripts and a link to amazon.com

from Ans , 2007-12-16

Fast car videoclip without Paul
The music video to the song ´Fast Car´ by Wyclef Jean and Paul Simon appeared this week on YouTube.

To our surprise Paul does not appear on that video, the guitar licks (we thought Paul is playing them) are played by Wyclef Jean.


Watch the video online on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChUzhdfIMcg

from Bodo , 2007-12-15

S&G radio special
International radio station, Big L 1395AM will be continuing its new weekend feature, This Sunday At Nine with a look at the music and career of Simon & Garfunkel.

Hosted by former Radio 1 DJ, Mike Read, the hour-long programme will feature classic Simon & Garfunkel tracks, forgotten gems, as well as a few cover versions.

Big L 1395 probably plays more Simon & Garfunkel (as well as their solo output) than any other commercial radio station.

The show airs this Sunday (2 December )at 21.00. It repeats next Wednesday (5 November) at 21.00.

Big L is available on 1395AM/Sky Digital 0190/ www.bigl.co.uk

from Bodo , 2007-11-27

Signed guitar
In support for Rosies Gala: Building dreams for kids Auction:

Signed Guitar from Paul Simon and Rosie O´Donnell.

The auction ends Decmber 5, 2007.

https://auction01.charitybuzz.com/secure/viewItemDetail.do?auction_item_id=14561&lotsindex=0&show=10&order=default

from Ans , 2007-11-26

Paul at Rosie's Gala
Paul Simon performed 6 songs with his band last monday nov. 19th 2007 at Rosie O´Donnell´s Gala Building Dreams For Kids and closed the Gala with a nice performance of Diamonds On The Soles Of Their Shoes together with the RBKids.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312277,00.html

from Ans , 2007-11-21

Thesis Graceland
Here is an interesting Thesis from a master student about Paul Simon´s album Graceland. It´s about it´s social and political statements on Apartheid in South Africa.

https://beardocs.baylor.edu/bitstream/2104/4854/1/Jonathan_Greer_Masters.pdf

from Ans , 2007-11-21

Philip Namanworth - Snitzer + me ;)
New Orleans meets jazz and soul.
Heartaches and humor of life sing in the edges of the funky vocal.


Andy Snitzer is playing tenor saxophone on 2 tracks of his New Yorks friend Philip Namanworth latest CD Waitin´ on a train - and to close the circle, my picture of Andy (London 2006 show) was included in the CDs artwork.





You can listen to the track ´Man in transition´ (Andy is doin´ the sax solo at minute ~2:00 ) here Man in transition

If you like that music you can order the CD at this form: order .pdf
or email to namsongs@aol.com

from Bodo , 2007-11-11

Cover "American Tune"
Jazz singer/songwriter/saxophonist Curtis Stigers has a new album out with some originals by Stigers & Goldings and some covers from various artists including ´American Tune´ from Paul Simon.

http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/7385/79/

from Ans , 2007-11-11

Paul's support for children

I found a few announcements about Paul´s appearance to support children.

Paul will be joining Pelosi and Reid at a Capitol Hill press conference, I guess this Tuesday?

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politic
s/blog/2007/10/the_march_of_the_children_on_
t.html

and on november 19th as a musical guest at a fundraising gala for Rosie’s Broadway Kids project at the Marriott Marquis.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300684,0
0.html scroll down to Rosie wasn´t fired, she wrote a book.

from Ans , 2007-10-16

Paul, Holland, Hullabaloo + Humour
For his next big project, Holland wants to revive the reputation of a man he never met - his late father-in-law. Rory McEwen hosted Hullabaloo, one of the first ever popular music shows on television, which coincidentally had many similarities with Later... ´It had a house band, with Long John Baldrey, and guests such as the Spinners, Sonny Boy Williamson and Fitzroy Coleman.´


McEwen would play the guitar with his brother Eck in between introducing the acts; he once turned down the Rolling Stones because he thought they weren´t good enough. Holland wants to get the shows reissued on DVD. Recently, Holland and Christabel had dinner with Paul Simon, who remembered Hullabaloo. ´They both agreed that it was the first music show on television to feature non-mainstream music and that its great strength was that Rory could both introduce and play with the guests. At this, Christabel said, ´That´s odd, I think I´ve married my dad´. Paul Simon shrugged in a very New York Jewish way and said, ´You wouldn´t be the first girl to do that.´

http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1581512007

from Bodo Malo , 2007-10-07

Deana Carter feat. Paul Simon
Deana Carter is previewing her upcoming album The Chain. The album is a tribute to Deana´s father, and scrapbook for a childhood spent in the creative environs of artists ranging from Simon and Garfunkel to George Jones.


Fred Carter, Jr. is one of the most accomplished session guitar players in music history, having provided the musical bed for iconic songs and playing also on many Paul Simon songs.


For The Chain, Deana went a voyage of discovery in researching her father´s impact on popular music, compiling a collection of extraordinary songs, and finally enlisting the participation of artists including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Simon and his son Harper and Waylon´s son Shooter Jennings.

from Bodo Malo , 2007-10-07

Listen to Fast Car
Surprise again! Listen to Wyclef Jean Feat. Paul Simon on the new song ´Fast Car´






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFqpb4L9XO4

Paul contributes on singin 2 verses and plays guitar.

from Bodo Malo , 2007-10-07

Paul Simon on `The Carnival II`
Paul Simon will collaborate on a song with Wyclef Jean on Jean´s new album The Carnival II which will be released november 2007.

http://music.ign.com/articles/817/817085p1.html

from Ans , 2007-09-01

Paul Simon to Appear at 92nd St Y
By: Brian Scott Lipton



The 92nd Street Y has announced some upcoming events of particular interest to theater fans.
On Monday, September 10, the Y´s Makor series will host The New Face of Drama, a discussion of theatrical trends featuring Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel and the eight playwrights whose work will be presented this season by Playwrights Horizons: Sarah Ruhl, Jordan Harrison, Kate Fodor, Michael Friedman, John Dempsey, Rinne Groff, Sarah Treem, and Adam Bock.

On Sunday, September 23, three-time Tony Award nominee Alan Alda will speak with playwright Roger Rosenblatt, while on Wednesday, October 24, Rosenblatt speaks with Obie winner Christopher Durang. On Sunday, November 11, Tony winner Victoria Clark will give a vocal master class. On Monday, December 3, British actress Ruth Rosen will present her one-person show William Blake at 250.

Looking ahead to next year, on Monday, January 21, the Y will present Seven, a group of monologues based on the oral histories of women; the playwrights will include Anna Deavere Smith. On Wednesday, February 20, Grammy Award winner Paul Simon, who wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman, will talk with U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Finally, on Monday, March 3, Christine Baranski and the cast of TFANA´s upcoming production of Antony and Cleopatra will read scenes from the play and join in a discussion with director Darko Tresnjak and artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-08-21

Paul on tour with Hugh Masekela
Masekela and Simon reunite over Darfur

LEGENDARY musicians Hugh Masekela and Paul Simon - who played together in the controversial Graceland tour of 1986 - are to reunite in a series of concerts aimed at prompting politicians to end the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Beginning next month with a concert in New York, the pair will launch a worldwide tour, with the support of other musicians including the singers Youssou N´Dour and Angelica Kidjo. The first performance is set to coincide with a meeting of the UN heads of state on September 25.
´It will be targeted at people who can be effective,´ said Masekela, who is in Edinburgh for a concert at the Queen´s Hall tonight as part of the Fringe. ´We want to get the heads of state and ministers and say to them, ´This is serious. You have to do something about it.´´

Sudan´s government and the pro-government Arab militias are accused of war crimes against Darfur´s black African population. An estimated 250,000 people have died, with two million more living in refugee camps.

´Are we going to sit around and watch another Rwanda, and just sigh, ´This is bad,´´ said Masekela, who is an African Union goodwill ambassador for Darfur. ´I called Paul and said, ´I´m working with the Darfur people - I need your help.´ He said, ´You just tell me what it is and I´ll be there.´

´We will do the concert in a place where we can get 500 people or so - and focus on people who can do something about it. Then we want to do a tour and hope it helps.´

Masekela, 68, has never shied away from controversy. His song Bring Him Back Home became an anthem of the campaign to free Nelson Mandela, but his involvement with Simon´s Graceland tour brought accusations of breaking a cultural boycott of South Africa.

from Ans , 2007-08-12

Simon and Garfunkel set for tour
Taken from the Australian newspaper´Hearald Sun´:

PROMOTERS are negotiating to bring legendary folk duo Simon and Garfunkel to Australia.

Dates have been tentatively locked in for early next year, with two rival promoters now bidding.

The pair, whose infighting over money is legendary, last re-formed for a tour in 2004.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reportedly demanded $1.1 million between them for each show.

The new tour will follow the release of a vintage concert recording, Live 1969, in September.

The duo´s last Australian tour was in 1983.

After shows in New York and Japan in 1993 they played at 2003´s Grammy Awards, and a tour that year earned $73 million. Shows in 2004 earned $35 million.

The duo have sold more than 40 million albums with hits including The Sound of Silence, I Am a Rock, Hazy Shade of Winter, Mrs Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Water.

from josh , 2007-07-17

Two new book releases
There will be 2 new books out about Paul Simon and S&G, scheduled to be released next October.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Words-Music-Praeger-Singer-Songwriter-Collection/dp/0275991636/ref=sr_1_1/203-4324303-9024725?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184237310&sr=1-1

and

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simon-Garfunkels-Bookends-Rock-Ages/dp/1594864276/ref=sr_1_1/203-4324303-9024725?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184237919&sr=1-1

from Ans , 2007-07-12

Dodd campaign to webcast Paul Simon
Dodd campaign to webcast Paul Simon in Iowa
LISA ROSSI
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
July 5, 2007

Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd´s campaign will webcast two live performances of Paul Simon, scheduled to be on the campaign trail in Iowa with Dodd.

Simon campaign with Dodd, a U.S. senator from Connecticut, on both Friday and Saturday as part of Dodd’s “River to River” tour.

Two campaign stops and performances can be viewed at www.chrisdodd.com/dtv. The live broadcasts are at 11:15 a.m. Central time Friday in Fort Dodge and 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Sioux City.

from Ans , 2007-07-06

Holiday Radio
Is this too late?

KCRW (89.9 FM) has turned over most of its schedule today to specials on American music, leading this morning with the stories of Sly Stone and Paul Simon, followed by Nina Simone, Fats Waller, Bob Wills, Patti LaBelle and Santana. At 6 pm is Gerald Zellinger´s hour-long documentary on Columbia Square, the former Hollywood home of radio on CBS.
It´s author day at KPCC (89.3 FM.) Larry Mantle is talking this morning to writers of new books on religion in the U.S., Harriet Tubman and Billy the Kid. Patt Morrison talks at 2 pm to the authors of books on Abe Lincoln, Richard Nixon and historical border-shaper Andrew Ellicott.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-07-05

Paul Simon on This Week In Baseball
Paul Simon will be appearing on This Week In Baseball, which airs this weekend.

TWIB comes to you at 3:00 p.m. in New York (times vary nationwide, please check your local listings).

This Week in Baseball airs on FOX either immediately preceding or following the FOX Game of the Week Saturday afternoon. Again, check your local listing for exact times in your area.

from Bonnie , 2007-06-29

SIMON HAS NO INTEREST IN HIS LEGACY
Veteran singer/songwriter PAUL SIMON couldn´t care less how his body of work is perceived after he dies. The Sound Of Silence singer, 65, prefers to focus his energies on making music than worry about his legendary status. He says, ´I don´t have much interest in my legacy. ´No doubt, some of my songs will be played after I´m gone, and I don´t know that it matters. I don´t think too much about what matters. ´You just keep going forward. You can´t have an overview at the same time you´re working on the details.´

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-06-27

Simon to campaign with Chris Dodd
Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Paul Simon will join presidential candidate Chris Dodd and his family for part of Dodd´s ´River to River´ bus tour of Iowa during the week of the Fourth of July. Simon will campaign with Dodd on July 6th and 7th, appearing with him on those days´ tour stops and adding informal performances to Dodd´s events.

´I am thrilled that Paul will be joining Jackie, our daughters, and me in Iowa,´ said Senator Dodd. ´Paul is a long-time friend and one of the most important voices in American music, and he has been tireless in his service to the greater good of people throughout our country and the world.

´His music and his commitment to bettering our world reflect the leadership and optimism that my campaign is all about.´

Simon will join the Dodd family at stops in Mason City, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Carroll, and Council Bluffs.

from Bodo , 2007-06-25

Belle Simon passed away
The New York Times OBITUARIES Monday June 18, 2007

´SIMON--Belle, 97, passed away, June 16, 2007, Loving and beloved wife of
the late Louis Simon. Adored mother of two sons, Paul and Edward and five
grandchildren, Harper, Adrian, Emma, Lulu and Gabriel. She will be greatly
missed by her daughters-in-law Edie and Leslie. She was a first grade
teacher at Public School 164 in Queens and retired in 1975. Donations may
be made in her name to the Children´s Health Fund, 215 West 125th Street,
Suite 301, New York, NY 10027´

from Bodo , 2007-06-19

The Wall of Fame
Paul Simon wrote the foreword in a book ´The Wall of Fame´ about Manny´s Music place, written by Henry Goldrich and his daughter Holly Goldrich.

Available in 2 covers.

http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Fame-Citys-Legendary-Mannys/dp/1423405552

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9781423405559&z=y

Article about the writer Henry Goldrich.

http://www.jstandard.com/articles/2758/1/Manny%92s-Music-was-the-place-to-be

from Ans , 2007-06-02

CHF Dinner 2007
May 30, 2007

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have lent their support to Paul Simon´s Children´s Health Fund in New York City.

Marc performed in front of a packed house at the 20th anniversary gala, which also featured an appearance from President Bill Clinton.

from Bodo , 2007-06-01

Hot Club de Paris cover Paul Simon!
Hot Club De Paris are to cover Paul Simon´s classic ´You Can Call Me Al´ on the B-side of their new single.

The track, originally a hit in 1986, appears on the flipside of ´Clockwork Toy´, the final single to be taken from the band´s 2006 debut album ´Drop It Til It Pops´.

GoodBooks and Metronomy have also remixed the single - their versions appear on the limited edition second 7-inch.

The single is released on June 11.

Hot Club De Paris are currently touring the UK, the remainder of the shows are at:

Leeds Cockpit (May 26)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (27)
Newcastle Evolution (28)
London Bush Hall (30)
Bristol Thekla (31)

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-05-29

60's - Mr Simon's Big Trip
On June 5 UK BBC Radio 2 will air a special about Paul Simons time in the UK during the early 60´s


Mr Simon´s Big Trip uncovers the real story of Paul Simon´s British residency, and the part it played in his creative formation.

For years, people have been fascinated by the ´missing´ 13 months in the life and career of Paul Simon preceding the rise to success in America of Simon and Garfunkel.

Simon spent what is probably one of the most famous ´gap´ years in music history travelling around England, writing songs, playing tiny folk club venues and meeting future legends of the folk scene, including Bert Jansch and Martin Carthy. Homeward Bound was famously penned on Widnes Station, and many of his most famous lyrics can be traced to British roots.



The programme includes interviews with Martin Carthy, Brian Protheroe, Al Stewart and many more and features a hitherto unheard Paul Simon song, The Northern Line, recorded in an Exeter folk club in 1965.



The BBC Radio 2 60s Season marks the anniversary of the ´Summer of Love´ and the network´s 40th birthday in September. BBC Radio 2 takes listeners on a magical mystery tour of the Sixties with a season of summer programming celebrating the music and culture of this influential decade.


BBC RADIO 2 60s SEASON
Mr Simon´s Big Trip
Tuesday 5 June
10.30-11.30pm BBC RADIO 2

from Bodo , 2007-05-22

Late in the evening
Could you believe it?

At Paul Simon`s official site nothing is said about the new ´Essential album´, but a story about the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, recording Late in the evening with him singing the first verse, on their new album ´United we swing´ (Very boring title indeed).

from Klausi , 2007-05-18

Release: The Essential Paul Simon
Paul Simon is to release a new collection of old songs on June 25 called ´The Essential Paul Simon´. Warner Brothers will release the package on 2 discs with 36 tracks, and also as a 3 disc set with 45 minute video.

from Bodo , 2007-05-13

Live Album Montreal Jazz 2006
At Amazon.com there is a live Tribute Album from the Montreal Jazz Festival 2006, release date April 19th, 2007.

http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Paul-Simon-Take-Mardi/dp/B000OIOP68/ref=sr_1_1/102-6432910-3853757?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1176370782&sr=1-1

from Ans , 2007-04-12

Rock and roll feuds of fame
Some of the greatest teamings also created great friction
By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS CRITIC-AT-LARGE
Monday, March 12th 2007, 4:00 AM

When Simon and Garfunkel were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, Paul Simon drolly suggested the Hall might consider a special wing for all the inducted groups whose members didn´t get along with each other.
Besides the obvious reference to his own ups and downs with one time partner Art Garfunkel, Simon noted the Everly Brothers, who didn´t speak for a decade after Phil smashed his guitar and stormed off the stage at Knotts Berry Farm in 1973.

Simon also mentioned the fractious Eagles, several of whose members were around that time doing separate tours. (Drummer/singer Don Henley would finish his version of ´Desperado´ by saying, ´Accept no imitations.´)

Simon´s point, in any case, was that creating memorable music has never guaranteed creating internal harmony.

Full story at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2007/03/12/2007-03-12_rock_and_roll_feuds_of_fame_.html

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-03-12

I've Got Some Real Estate
Musician Paul Simon is a neighbour, and for just under $25 million you can enjoy your own sounds of silence on this very private 6-acre spread next to a preserve and overlooking the ocean in Montauk. ´The person that´s going to want this property is looking for seclusion,´ says listing agent Bonny Aarons of the Corcoran Group.

The newly constructed 4,700-square-foot traditional home has five bedrooms, 7– baths and ´Old World charm,´ Aarons says. Amenities include stone fireplaces, a library, a home theatre, a wine cellar, staff rooms and a heated Gunite pool.
Developer Tom Gessler says, ´I put a lot of love into this house.” The main house will be completed in early May and is wired with ´smart technology´ throughout; a guest house will take another year to complete. The property sits atop a 90-foot bluff, which Gessler says protects the home from tidal surges during hurricanes.

Gessler, who has been building on the East End for 15 years, says, ´Montauk is low-key ... You don´t have the stuffiness that East Hampton sometimes has.´

Besides Paul Simon, other neighbours include Bruce Ratner, owner of the New Jersey Nets, photographer Peter Beard, and J. Crew chief executive Mickey Drexler, who recently bought the estate Andy Warhol once co-owned.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-03-09

Added to Sound Archive
Recordings by the The Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground and Paul Simon are among those that have been selected by the US Librarian of Congress to be preserved in the National Recordings Registry this year.

The Rolling Stones´ ´(I Can´t Get No) Satisfaction´, Velvet Underground´s ´Velvet Underground and Nico´ and Simon´s ´Graceland´ were selected, along with ´Blue Suede Shoes´ by Carl Perkins, ´Be My Baby´ by The Ronettes, and ´We Shall Overcome´ by Pete Seeger.

Each year, members of the public and a panel of music, sound and preservation experts nominate several recordings to be deemed ´culturally important´ and added to the National Recording Registry.

The selected recordings are preserved for future generations in a special sound archive, created by Congress in 2000. It now contains 225 recordings.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-03-07

Geniuses, icons flock to Monterey
A convention of geniuses, icons and mavericks is expected to converge in Monterey this week.

The 2007 TED conference -- TED is the acronym for Technology Entertainment Design -- will feature 50 speakers ranging from President Clinton to NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to musician Paul Simon during its run in Monterey beginning Wednesday.

´Instead of a subject-matter theme, we are simply going to put on stage 50 remarkable people... and let them share whatever it is they are passionate about,´ according to promotional material circulated by TED.

The annual TED conference has been held in Monterey since its re-conception in 1990. The 1984 TED featured the unveiling of the Macintosh computer and the Sony compact disc, but the event lost money.

The event now sells out well in advance. Registration for the 2008 conference is already closed. Passes to this year´s conference cost $4,400, but not just anyone with $4,400 can attend.

TED is an invitation-only event; people can apply to be invited and, according to TED officials, ´a wide variety of leading thinkers and doers from all fields of endeavor´ are welcomed.

The lineup this year includes an eclectic array of politicians, authors, artists, venture capitalists, poets, nanotechnologists, musicians and scientists.

They include Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin; musicians Tracy Chapman and They Might Be Giants; famed cave explorer Bill Stone; and author Isabel Allende.

The conference ends on Saturday.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-03-05

S&G guitar raises funds for kids
A guitar signed by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel raised more than 10-thousand US dollars for East Timor´s street children when its owner, Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, auctioned it on the Internet.

The Nobel laureate sold the Squier Bullet electric guitar on e-Bay, and gave the proceeds to the Street Children´s Association of Dili.

Mr Ramos-Horta bought the guitar in Memphis.

It now belongs to Estelah Ferreira in Australia, who posted the winning bid.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-03-05

Garfunkel is begging again
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Art says that he and Paul Simon may record together again in the futureArt Garfunkel has revealed that there is a possibility that he and former partner Paul Simon may record more music together in the future.

The duo are famous for their tumultuous working partnership, and have reunited numerous times since their split in 1970, only to publicly and acrimoniously fall out on nearly every occasion, vowing never to perform together again.


(picture: Art Garfunkel begging for a hitchhike on Simons next album)

Art says: ´We played the game. When Paul and I were buddies in junior high school at age 13, we purposely had a mock splitting up - just to create gossip at our school. I think that´s very telling.´

Their last reunion tour happened over two years ago, in 2004, and for the moment, Art admits they won´t work together any time soon.

´Do I have a plan to work with Mr Simon again? No. Is there a possibility of more recorded music with Simon and Garfunkel? Yes, I suppose there is a possibility.

´We are friends. I had lunch with him the other day. We hang out more comfortably than we used to, so the availability of working together seems there. But we have no plans. I wonder what he would say?´ he smiles.

from MrBeerbelly , 2007-03-02

Simon Awarded Gershwin Prize
Singer-songwriter honored by Library of Congress.
Paul Simon is going Gershwin.

The Library of Congress is awarding its first ever Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Simon for the singer-songwriter´s lifetime contributions to music. The award, named in honor of George and Ira Gershwin, will be given on an annual basis as part of the library´s collection.

´Few songwriters have had a broader influence or contributed more to song genres than Paul Simon. Because of the depth, range and sheer beauty of his music, as well as his ability to bridge people of cultures, he is the perfect first recipient of this prestigious award,´ said librarian of Congress James Billington.

Added Simon: ´I am grateful to be the recipient of the Gershwin Prize and doubly honored to be the first.´

Simon is a 12-time Grammy winner and two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- as both a solo artist and as a member of the iconic duo Simon and Garfunkel.

Simon will perform in concert on May 23 in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the event. Other artists, not yet announced, will also perform.

from Bonnie , 2007-03-01

20th Anniversary CHF
This year is the 20th anniversary of CHF.
It started with a kick off Party and Art show last January 25, 2007. And will be followed by other events in May 2007 including an intimate performance by Paul Simon. For the whole programm look at the calender of CHF.

http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/calendar/CHF_20th_Event.pdf

Here you can see some pictures of the kick off party.
http://www.manhattan.smugmug.com/gallery/2395114#125520274

from Ans , 2007-02-22

Simon Tribute airs Feb 1 in Canada
The Tribute to Paul Simon (http://paul.simon.org/blog/2006/07/le-son-de-simon.htm ) that headlined the Montreal International Jazz Festival last summer will be aired (in condensed form) tonight, February 1, on CBC´s ´Opening Night´ in Canada.

from Joey , 2007-02-01

Paul contributes with Hernández


San Francisco (California), USA - Six Degrees Records has announced the signing of Spanish Harlem Orchestra, whose third album, United We Swing, will be released on May 15, 2007 worldwide.

United We Swing is a collection of infectious Latin music from an all-star lineup of living legends. The new release follows the Grammy award-winning album, Across 110th St., which won for Best Salsa Album in 2004, and their 2002 Grammy nominated debut album, Un Gran Dia en el Barrio.

Directed by world-renowned pianist/arranger/producer Oscar Hernández, the 13 member Spanish Harlem Orchestra has established itself as standard bearers of contemporary Latin music. Using the most accomplished players in the New York Hispanic community, Hernández brings together an amalgamation of strong performances from Ray De La Paz, Willie Tórres, and Marco Bermúdez on vocals, with a handful of top musicians including John Walsh, Pete Nater, Jimmy Bosch, Dan Reagan, Mitch Frohman, Luisíto Quintero, George Delgado, Jorge Gonzalez, and Hector ‘Maximo’ Rodriguez. United We Swing was recorded in November 2006 in Englewood, NJ.


“I am excited and extremely proud of our third CD United We Swing,” says Oscar Hernández. “The chemistry that Spanish Harlem Orchestra has achieved from performing and touring the last couple of years is reflected in the uncompromised musical excellence of this recording. Each individual musician has contributed to the hardcore swing we strive for as an ensemble. It is a great honor to have musical icon Paul Simon contribute his extraordinary talent to our sound with SHO.”

United We Swing features 13 new songs including a special guest appearance by Paul Simon (Late In The Evening/Tarde En La Noche). Hernández built a strong relationship with Paul Simon after arranging and producing the music for his Broadway musical ´The Capeman,´ which is based on the real life story of Salvador Agron. United We Swing is scheduled for release on May 15, 2007 on Six Degrees Records.

from Ans , 2007-01-29

Montreux jazz 2007 with Paul?
The Montreux Jazz festival organisers are in negotiation with Paul Simon at the moment to bring him back on the festival plan for the summer 2007.
The final artist list will be announced on April 16.

These would be thrilling news for us, because a concert by Paul in Switzerland this summer would maybe include a full tour trough Europe too.

Paul played at the Montreux Jazz festival in the year 2002, a very special and intimitate concert in front of only 2000 people which has been filmed too. Later the song ´The Coast´ from that concert appeared as a bonus track on the extra single for the ´On My Way, Don´t Know Where I´m Goin´ collection.

On the picture above you see the group of fans from this site who met each other at the Montreux 2002 concert.

from Bodo , 2007-01-28

Michael Brecker died
Following a two and a half year battle with MDS and then leukemia, Michael Brecker passed away on January 13 2007.

Michael Brecker has been a good friend of Paul Simon since the mid 70´s, when he appeared on ´Still crazy after all these years´. In 1991/1992 he toured as a special guest for more than 150 concerts together with Paul on the ´Born at the right time tour´ having his own Michael Brecker solo break. More than 15 years after the famous Central Park concert in 1991 I think it would be a special honour to release it finally on DVD and include Michael Breckers stunning 12 minute wind instruments solo for the first time.


Michael Breckers family asks to give all donations to The Marrow Foundation´s TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FUND

from Bodo , 2007-01-28

CP91 DVD - Petition for release
We have started a petition to ask Warner Music and Paul Simons management to release the Concert in the park 1991 on HD-DVD/Blue-ray and DVD discs - completely with ALL tracks (also the erased tracks - You can call me Al with Chevy Chase, Michael Breckers solo).




If you think of buying this DVD or HD-DVD then please sign the petition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/cp91dvd/petition.html

from Bodo , 2006-12-19

Watch the BBC One concert
For the next 7 day´s it is possible to watch Paul Simons BBC One concert on the BBC website. You might need to install the RealPlayer to watch this video.

Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/mediawrapper/consoles/music/bb_rm_console.shtml?pack1

from Bodo , 2006-11-21

Grammy nomination for 'Surprise' ?
Paul Simon’s “Surprise” album will maybe one of the nominated for Best Album of the Year on next Grammy Awards.
Acoording to Roger Friedman from FOX News, members of the Recording Academy must have their preliminary ballots all voted and back in by Thursday for this year´s Grammy Awards. And then things get interesting.
The Best Album nominations are certain to include Gnarls Barkley´s hit CD, ´St. Elsewhere,´ and that album´s single, ´Crazy,´ is destined for the Best Record category. But beyond that, what?

The four other Best Album nominees could be Paul Simon´s ´Surprise,´ which actually was the best recording this year — although that doesn´t really guarantee it anything in this age of diminished standards.
The three remaining slots could go to a variety of different offerings, including obvious but not definite choices like Bob Dylan´s ´Modern Times,´ the Dixie Chicks´ ´Taking the Long Way´ and James Blunt´s ´Back to Bedlam.´ Expect Blunt to clean up at this year´s awards, with nominations for Best New Artist, Best Song and Record for ´You´re Beautiful,´ in addition to Best Album. There´s also Bruce Springsteen´s ´We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions,´ which will be taken very seriously by voters.

from Matthias , 2006-11-21

Surprise on vinyl
Paul Simon´s latest hit album Surprise is to be released on vinyl on 5th December 2006

http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=36356&keywords=NL111006

from Matthew , 2006-11-20

Graceland vynil replica release
Nostalgic persons will be pleased to hear that Graceland will be re-released on a Japanes vynil replica CD. This audio CD will be available on November 27. It includes the original tracks without any bonus material.








Available at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JU7IC4/ref=nosim/paulsimothene-20 and
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JU7IC4/ref=nosim/paulsimothene-21

Boy In The Bubble
Graceland
I Know What I Know
Gumboots
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al
Under African Skies
Homeless
Crazy Love Vol 2
All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints

from Bodo , 2006-11-20

BBC One Sessions
UK residents should not miss this special BBC concert which will be aired on Sunday, Nov 19, 2006 on BBC 1 (10:55pm , running time 50 minutes)

The BBC One Sessions is a series of unique, intimate performances by some of the greatest legends and contemporary stars around. This edition features Paul Simon, showcasing songs from his new album, Surprise.

This show has been recorded on Nov 4. during a special BBC concert in front of only 300 people.

from Bodo , 2006-11-14

Outrageous Single and video!

Paul Simon releases his new single on the 13th November 2006 and is the third to be taken from his Gold certified album ´Surprise´ that has already sold over 800,000 copies worldwide. Considered as one of the stand out tracks from a truly special album ´Outrageous´ is released on limited edition...



2-track CD Single
1. Outrageous
2. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Coloured Vinyl 7´ Single
1. Outrageous
2. Slip Slidin’ Away

Both formats backed with a classic Paul Simon track taken from his illustrious career. ´Surprise´ is the first album that Paul Simon has worked on in collaboration with the legendary Brian Eno. The result is a captivating collection of songs captured in mesmerising style with Eno’s inventive sonic landscaping which also features contributions from Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell and Steve Gadd.

The single release also includes kind of a videoclip to promote it better. You can watch a (small) version of that clip here:

Real Audio Player:
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/real/wmiuk/paulsimon/outrageousv_hi.ram
Windows Media Player:
http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/paulsimon/outrageousv_hi.asx

from Matthew/Bodo , 2006-10-26

Paul Simon & Lorne Michaels

Paul Simon + Lorne Michaels at Iconoclasts TV Show at Sundance Channel. (Nov. 23 at 9 PM ET/PT)

Legendary musician Paul Simon visits “Saturday Night Live” Executive Producer and friend of over thirty years, Lorne Michaels, at the “SNL” set. They reminisce about the early days of “SNL” and Paul´s numerous and seminal appearances on the show. They discuss music, comedy and show business - then and now. Later, over dinner, the twosome converse about their creative process, friendship and being family men.

http://www.sundancechannel.com/iconoclasts/

from Ans , 2006-10-18

Simon & Garfunkel SNL DVD
On dec 5 2006 the 1th season of the comedy show ´Saturday Night Live´ from 1975 will be released on DVD in the U.S.A. This also includes the 2nd episode on which Paul Simon was the host and musical guest, with special appearances by Simon and Garfunkel.

Check this link for more info:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6503

from Håkan , 2006-10-18

Happy birthday Mr. Simon

Today is Paul Simons 65 birthday and we all wish him a wonderful party, health and a still a good voice for the future. Hopefully Paul can celebrate his birthday with his wife and children - although we have heard that Edie Brickell will be the musical guest on Jay Lenos 'Tonight' show this evening. US fans should watch the show, maybe Edie sends here birthday wishes to Paul on Lenos show...?

from Peter , 2006-10-13

PAULFEST @ Kulak's Woodshed
On October 12th, Paul Zollo will be hosting and performing in a show at Kulak´s called Paulfest, which is a tribute to Paul Simon on the eve of his 65th birthday, in which scores of very great artists will be present to perform songs by Simon, including Severin, Jeff Gold, James Coberly Smith, Robert Morgan Fisher, Lisa Nemzo, Craig Lincoln, Marketa Janska, Amy O´Neill, Scott Docherty and many others. It will also be webcast live from 8 pm to 10 pm PST

For more information visit http://myspace.com/paulzollo or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zollo/238736018/

from Ans , 2006-10-09

MOJO INTERVIEW
The November issue of Mojo magazine (out now in the UK) carries a 7 page article on Paul. Some new (for me anyway) photos including one of Paul and Art in the studio in 1964 with both playing guitar! The interviewer, Phil Sutcliffe, writes a well researched piece which is obviously timed to co-incide with the UK tour.

from Ian , 2006-10-06

Bridging the gap
From the San Diego Union Tribune:

Bridging the gap

Paul Simon promises old hits and a new ´Surprise´ on tap Tuesday
By George Varga
UNION-TRIBUNE POP MUSIC CRITIC

September 28, 2006

Music, like life, can be a balancing act, as Paul Simon knows all too well.

Now, on the concluding leg of his first solo tour since 2001, he is mixing in five songs each night from his superb new album “Surprise” with several decades worth of his hits and choice album cuts. The trick is to perform his best-known songs live in a way that keeps them as fresh for him as the more edgy selections from the aptly titled “Surprise,” on which he fruitfully collaborated with ambient-music pioneer Brian Eno.

“I don´t go out and say: ´I won´t play the big hits,´ ” said Simon, who performs here with his multinational band Tuesday at Viejas Concerts at Bayside. “Because if I went out to see some artist who I´ve liked for a long time, I´d want to hear the hits. My feeling is, however, that if the song is a good song, you can play it a lot of ways and it should still be a good song.

“But just because I´m not trying to suck up to an audience doesn´t mean I´m indifferent. I like it to be an entertaining night; I just want it to be interesting. That, for me, is the essence. So, since I´m giving myself what I want – in terms of the musicians I work with and how the songs are played and rethought – I feel like I should give the audience what I´m guessing they want.”

Both as a solo artist and as one-half of Simon & Garfunkel, whose most recent reunion tour played to a full house here at Cox Arena in 2003, this New York native has long been noted for his meticulous craftsmanship and artistic vision.

Simon´s albums, including “Surprise,” are finely honed works that showcase his stylistic versatility, artistic daring and lyrically refined explorations of love, alienation, whimsy and world-weary resignation. Yet, whether he is doing a solo tour or collaborating with on-again/off-again musical partner Art Garfunkel, he regards his concerts as a welcome chance to let his songs grow and evol